Spoof news stories from Saturday 17 August 2013

LAPD Communications Division workers in the Teletype department today got a shock when an unused teletype started printing 'WRU' - the code for 'Who and Where are you?'
They traced the line back to Queensland, Australia, but not before the teletyp...

We expect science to build upon the past. Aristotle to Watson and Crick. Archimedes through Newton to Einstein, and beyond.
Some vestigial artifacts seem to slip through time. A woman of my acquaintance, with a master's degree in education, refused to hang washing on her clothesline during pregnancy. She believed there was a danger of the umbilical cord wrapping around the neck of the fetus...

After a tough grueling pre-season, newly promoted play-off winners Crystal Palace have become the first team to be relegated from the Premier League - without playing a game.
The relegation was confirmed by every single newspaper columnist making...